Memory Media & External Hard Drive Portal

Smart and useful application comes with Sony’s External Hard Drive for your peace of mind and ease of use!
Each application is available in a zipped format. Download and extract it in a proper location, such as Desktop, before installation.

Support faster data transfer approx. 2 times to the External Hard Drive.

With just installing the application, high-speed is realized by optimizing and efficient way of transferring data to the External Hard Drive.

*Notes:
- The transfer speed/time may vary, depending on the number/size of files and PC performance.
- The following graphs show the results obtained under specific measurement conditions and there is no guarantee that the same results will be obtained in all
users' operating environments.

Windows-compatible application to backup data from a PC’s internal hard drive to the External Hard Drive.

Data on a PC's internal hard drive can be periodically (automatically) backed up to the External Hard Drive. By recognizing/backing up only modified/added data for minimizing necessary capacity, the backup time will be reduced. (Incremental backup method)

Note:
This application doesn't support backing up "Favorite" of Microsoft Edge.

1.Hybrid Backup Mode
- When the External Hard Drive is not connected,Backup Manager 2 (BM2) will backup PC's data to cloud storage in real-time
if cloud service is available.The cloud storage is used as a temporary storage.
- If the cloud storage is full, BM2 will notify you.
When the External Hard Drive is re-connected, BM2 moves the temporary backup data to the External Hard Drive.

2.Direct Backup Mode
- PC's data is backed up to the External Hard Drive directly without using any cloud storage.
- Two ways are available.

a) Real-time backup :
If any file in a designated folder for backup is added, overwritten or modified, a file will be backed up to the External Hard
Drive at the same time.

b) Schedule backup:
According to the scheduled time and date, BM2 starts to back up periodically.

*Notes:
- When the External Hard Drive is connected to PC, BM2 will directly back up PC's data to the External Hard Drive.
- To enable "Hybrid Backup" function, you need to have an account with a (3rd-party) cloud storage service in advance.
Examples : Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc. (as of June, 2016)
- Please note that 3rd-party cloud storage services may change or end without notice. Sony is not liable for any loss of data.

file name: FAT32_Formatter.zip

Size: 8.27 MB (8,678,089 bytes)

< Application Updates >

Date

Version

Description

2017/7/6

3.1.2.0

Improved the operation quality.

Windows-compatible application to format the External Hard Drive to FAT32.

Format the External Hard Drive from NTFS to FAT32 for using with PS3, etc.

*Notes:
- If a device with its own formatting function, please follow the corresponding instruction to format.
- Reformatting to FAT32 will delete ALL data stored on the External Hard Drive.

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